Applying design or pattern to chinaware



Patented July 27, 1926.

UNETE STATES RICHARD FUCHS, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

APPLYING DESIGN OR PATTERN TO CHINAWARE.

No Drawing. Application filed December The present invention relates toimprovements in applying designs or patterns to china ware and itsparticular object is to provide an improved method by which the patternis first imprinted on the china by means of an adhesive and in whichpowdered paint is wiped over the imprint thus made, and caused to stickto the pattern while it may be easily wiped off the face of the china.

It is particularly proposed to use for the adhesive a varnish known aslacquer, and to point out a method by means of which the same may beapplied, so as to cause the lines of the pattern to show up clearly anddistinctly.

It is further proposed to use a particularly prepared powdered paintwhich has been previously treated with a flux. Further objects andadvantages of my method will appear as the specification proceeds.

In the preferred method of reducing to practice my invention, I take aplain piece of china, such as a saucer or plate, and first apply a coatof mother of pearl in a manner well-known in the art whereupon the dishis fired in a. kiln at a temperature of about 2720 F. After the dish hascooled off again I proceed to apply the pattern. For this purpose, Isecure a rubber stamp with the desired pattern. I then take lacquer andspread a small quantity thereof on a smooth plate, preferably of glass,and scrape the same back and forth with any handy tool, such as a puttyknife, until a very thin film of the lacquer is formed on the plate. Ithen press a rubber stamp on the plate whereby the projecting outlinesof the pattern are coated with the lacquer. The same is then impressedupon the china leaving '7, 1925. Serial No. 73,912.

on the latter a configuration corresponding to the pattern. Thisconfiguration is barely visible to the eye.

I now take a powdered paint which has been previously treated with aflux and seatter the same over the pattern on the china, wiping thepowdered paint into the lacquer by means of a soft brush, a cloth, orcotton or the like. The pattern now shows up very distinctly and if thefilm of lacquer has been made sufficiently fine, the outline will beexceedingly clear and distinct in the minutest details. The china maynow be wiped off to remove surplus of paint, whereupon it is fired inthe manner previously described. The pattern thereby becomes a permanentpart of the china.

1 claim:

1. The method of imprinting configurations on china, which consists instamping on the china a pattern of the configuration with an adhesivesubstance, in applying powdered paint to the surface of the china thusstamped whereby the paint is caused to adhere to the adhesive, inremoving surplus is paint and in firing the china, the adhesive beingfirst applied to a smooth plate in a thin film and the pattern beingtransferred from the film to the china by the stamp.

2. The method of imprinting configurations on china which consists inspreading lacquer on a smooth surface in the form of a thin film, intransferring a pattern from the film to the china by means of a stamp,in causing apowdered paint to adhere to the lacquer and in firing thechina.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature.

RICHARD FUCHS.

